Package



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mm" [M m invention relates to a l'ilmcorporation Neworbn'a 'oo'pora- Itien "Delaware Application August js. Serial No. :24.769

n package and more particularlyto ammo adapted tocontain a Dlurality of-wrapped articles. g n

A object of this invention is the pro-.

vision of an improved receptacle particularly'by a ineansp- Anadditional object is-the provislon of 'such 'a container for articlessuch as film or other sheets wherein the available for use;

may rapidly made n In the particular embodiment of this invention hereinshown and described; the contents of the package are referred to as filmsheets primarily L because of the particular adaptation of the packagefor containing such sheets. It will, however, be understood that thepackage may qually ad- Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantiallyalong'the line I-i of Figure 2. and

, Figures 6, 7 and 8 are fragmentary views illustrating successive stepsin the assembly of the inner 'wrapper immediately surrounding the filmvantageously contain sheets of any desired material to be utilized' forany desired purpose. n

An additional and more specific object is the p'ovision of such acontainer wherein a few simple motions completely open the container andrender the film* sheets or plates readily accessible for insertion in acamera or other apparatus for As conducive to a clearer understanding ofthis device, it may be pointed out that singlefilm sheets or plates foruse 'in a photosrap ic apparatus .must of necessity be packed and sealedagainst the ingres of light and that the opening of such packages hashitherto been a matter of relatively great 'complexity often resultingin the premature exposure of one or'more films to light; An object ofthis invention is;` therefore, -to provide a film container which may beopened substantially instantaneously and with a-minimum plates.

Having particular reference now to Figure 1 there is generally'indicatedat il' an outer box or receptacle provided with ,a cap li adapted toslidably engage an extending fiange '2 of an inner box '3 which extendsto the bottom of box'll and a substantial distance above the topthereof, the exterior dimension of fiange '2 being substantially equalto the interior dimension of cap ii whereby a substantially light tightouter receptace is provided. Flange '2 is provided on opposite sideswith a pair of oppositely disposed cutaway portions l' to provide for afinger grip on the inner Wrapping of the film in a` manner tobe'described hereinafter.

Referring now to Figure 5, it will be seen that .within box il is alayer of protective'material such as corrugated cardboard '8 whichcovers the front and back sides of the inner film contaiing package. Thefilm containing package of Operations on the part of the operator'whereby a single film may be readily and simply' made accessible foruse as hereinafter described.

itself .is comprised of a Wrapping of opaque paper 2' provided with aninner lining 2' comprised of black or. relatively 'dark colored paper topreclude the ingress 'of light to the film contained A further'specificobject'resldes in the provi-.

sion of such a container which may be easily and quickly opened 'and thecontainer subsei quently reclosed 'to preclude the possibility ofexposure to light of the film' or other elements remain'ing therein. jOther objects will ln part be obvious and in part be pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the combination ofelements,arrangements of parts and features of construction all as will be morefully pointed out hereinafter and disclosed in the accompanying drawingswherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective -vlew of one form of container embodying theinstant invention in, closed position, a V

Figure 2 is a front therein'. The method of folding the paper wrapping2' and its associated lining 2' will be described more fullyhereinaiter.

Disposed on opposite sides of the several sheets of film and withinpaper Wrapping 20 and lining 2' are reenforcing sheets of cardboard 22which serve as additional reenforcement for the film to prevent possiblecreasing or bending thereof. Positioned between sheets of cardboard 22'are any desired number of sheets of film 23, each of which is containedin an individual folder of a opaque paper or analogous material 24 insuch elevational view of the ex- 55 manner that a single sheet may beremoved from the package without mbbing or exposing any of the othersheets.

Having reference now to the method of assembly of the innerwrapper 2"and its associated liningsheet ,2|, reference is had to Figures 5, 6.

opening theinner lining surrounding 'I and 8. The film package,comprised oi' the plurality of sheets of film 23 each in its individualwrapper envelope 24 and the cardboard members 22, is first folded in theinner container comprised of wrapper 20 and liner 2', in such mannerthat the lower portion thereof is completely surrounded as at 30 (seeFigure One side of the surrounding wrappers extends upwardly, withrespect to the film pack,`a distance beyond the other side equal to thedistance between the fold line 3'. and the top of that side 32 plus thethickness of the film package (see Figure 6), and the outer sidesimilarly extends upwardly from the bottom of the pack a substantialdistance.

A string 33 is inserted beneath the wrapper 20 and liner 2' adjacent thefilm pack and angularly disposed adjacent the extremities thereof as at3' and 35 and the innerwrapper and its liner folded down as indicated inFigure 6. As shown in Figure 7, the corners extending above the innerangularly disposed segments 34 and 35 of string 33 are folded downwardlyalong fold lines `corresponding to the angular disposition thereof asshown in Figure 7. -Subsequently the portions extending beyond the sidesof the film' package are bent inwardly, as indicated in Figure 8, takingthe form best shown in Figure 3 to comprise overlapping folds 3" and 38.Folds 31 and 38 may if desired be secured to the body of the film packor may simply be held in place by the close engagement of inner box '3therewith.

Thus it will be seen that when the inner pack is in assembled relation,string 33 will assume the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, that isunderlying both paper Wrapping 20 and its opaque liner 2'. One end oistring 33 is secured in any desired manner as by adhesive means 40 tofiange '2 whereby pulling on the other end thereof results in arelatively clean ripped aperture, across the top of inner container 20and its liner 2' whereby one, or more, sheets of film 23 together withits associated envelope of opaque material may be removed from thepackage.

The operation should, from the ioregoing, be readily understandable. Theoperator removes cap li from fiange .'2, pulls the free end of string 33while in a dark room or under a photographer's curtain, removes one ormore film plates from the package as required, inserts the film plate.in a camera'and replaces cap II upon fiange '2.

Although in the foregoing the package of this 'invention is described asadapted for use with a plurality 'or sheets of film, for which it isparticularly adapted, it ,is to be specifically understood that thepackage may be utilized with equal advantage in connection with anyother desirable content in the form of sheets or other analogous shape.A

Thus from the Ioregoing it will be seen that there is herein provided astructure which enibodies all the objects of this invention and othersincluding many advantages of great practical utility.

As many modifications may be made of the invention herein described andshown and as many embodiments may be made or this modification. it is tobe understood that all matter hereinbefore set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted merely as illustrative andnot in a limiting sense.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a container for film, in combination, an outer receptacle havingan open top, and an inner wrapper slidable therein, said inner wrappercomprising a fiexible sheet of opaque material.

first folded about the front and rear of said film, a

then having its upper corners angularly turned with respect to said filmand then folded about a the sides of said film, and a rip cordpositioned along the upper edge of said wrapper beneath the fold linesof said upper edges and said upper corners and having both ends thereofextending outside said wrapper, oneof said ends being anably positionedwithin said outer container, one

closed end of the inner container being closely adjacent the plane oithe open end of the outer container, a plurality of sheets of lightsensitive material in said inner container, and means for tearing openthe end of the inner container located at said open end, said tearingmeans comprising a rip cord extending across and within only the saidclosed end of the inner container and having portions projectingexteriorly of said inner container at opposite sides of said closed end,one of said projecting portions being anchored directly and withoutsubstantial slack to the outer container closely adjacent the point atwhich said portion projects from the end of the inner container, saidanchored portion preventing accidental withdrawal of the inner containerirom the outer container when the other projecting portion of said ripcord is pulled for opening said inner container.

GEORGE E. SANDERS.

